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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
essential amino acids
2 cups
review of systems
2. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
cream cheese - cream or butter
500 cal/day
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
3. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
vitamin K
2 cups
6 oz. a day
dietary approach to stop hypertension
4. What type of people need extra protein?
apple is higher risk than a pear
starches - sugars - and cellulose
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
5. What is RDA of protein?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
TPN total parenteral nutrition
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
6. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
2.5 cups
carrots and sweet potatoes
atrophy or wasting of muscle
7. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
6 oz. a day
fats
500 cal/day
fat soluble vitamins
8. When does BMR decrease?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
one tspn salt or less
dark green - orange - drybeans
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
9. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
decrease in total lymphocyte count
5.5 ounces/day
10. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
albumin levels
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
day week or month
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
11. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
apple is higher risk than a pear
dietary approach to stop hypertension
can consume more calories without weight gain
transferrin
12. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
low albumin levels < 3.4
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
starches - sugars - and cellulose
13. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
3 cups
dietary approach to stop hypertension
2.5 cups
dark green - orange - drybeans
14. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
15. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
rickets - osteomalacia
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fat soluble vitamins
16. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
hemoglobin
500 cal/day
apple is higher risk than a pear
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
17. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
3 cups
hemorrhage
one tspn salt or less
2 cups
18. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
can consume more calories without weight gain
2 cups
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
19. What is normal albumin levels?
can consume more calories without weight gain
essential amino acids
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
20. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
B and C
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
3 cups
fat soluble vitamins
21. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
protein
carrots and sweet potatoes
milk - enriched grains
hemorrhage
22. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
essential amino acids
antioxidant - immune function
albumin levels
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
23. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
trans fatty acid
vitamin K
pregnant women or elderly
24. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
dairy and fortified foods
vitamin C - citrus fruits
3 cups
25. What is normal BMI?
18-25
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
dark green - orange - drybeans
26. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
vitamin K
carrots and sweet potatoes
300 cal/day increase
5.5 ounces/day
27. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
dairy and fortified foods
hemorrhage
28. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
low albumin levels < 3.4
4 calories/gram
2.5 cups
fats
29. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
diet recall
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
carrots and sweet potatoes
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
30. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
dark green - orange - drybeans
can consume more calories without weight gain
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
31. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
starches - sugars - and cellulose
review of systems
dietary approach to stop hypertension
32. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
B and C
albumin levels
4 calories/gram
33. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
300 cal/day increase
apple is higher risk than a pear
prealbumin levels
protein and fat
34. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
transferrin
trans fatty acid
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
35. Sources of fats
4 calories/gram
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
500 cal/day
4 calories/gram
36. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
diet recall
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
transferrin
37. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
300 cal/day increase
review of systems
38. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
transferrin
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
2 cups
liver and intestinal synthesis
39. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
fat soluble vitamins
B and C
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
40. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
protein
5.5 ounces/day
rickets - osteomalacia
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
41. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
can consume more calories without weight gain
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
2.5 cups
42. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
6 oz. a day
diet recall
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
low albumin levels < 3.4
43. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
18-25
low albumin levels < 3.4
hemorrhage
review of systems
44. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
carrots and sweet potatoes
transferrin
milk - enriched grains
5.5 ounces/day
45. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
hemoglobin
cream cheese - cream or butter
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
46. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
milk - enriched grains
one week period
dairy and fortified foods
47. How many calories/gram is protein?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
4 calories/gram
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
dark green - orange - drybeans
48. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
vitamin K
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
milk - enriched grains
49. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
dark green - orange - drybeans
albumin levels
cream cheese - cream or butter
50. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
hemoglobin
fats
essential amino acids
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk